Married November 7, 1964, Gillian Mary Edwards
1 son, 1 daughter

Nottingham High School
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA, LLB) (President, Cambridge Union 1963)

Called to the Bar 1963
Member, Midland Circuit, practising from Birmingham
QC 1980
Chairman, Alliance UniChem 1997-
Director, Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust 1997-
Deputy Chairman, British American Tobacco 1998-
Director, Independent News and Media (UK).

Contested Mansfield Notts 1964 and 1966 general elections. Member for Rushcliffe since June 1970.

PPS to Solicitor General 1971-72
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport 1979-80
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport 1980-82
Minister for Health 1982-85
Paymaster General and Employment Minister 1985-87
Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster (Minister of Trade and Industry) 1987-88
Secretary of State for: Health 1988-90
Education and Science 1990-92
Home Secretary 1992-93
Chancellor of the Exchequer 1993-97
Contested Leadership of the Conservative Party June 1997. Spokesman: Opposition Spokesman on: Social Services 1974-76
Industry 1976-79.